Re: Constants class nickname problem

From:
"Daniel Pitts" <googlegroupie@coloraura.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
1 Feb 2007 15:11:13 -0800
Message-ID:
<1170371473.347446.285920@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 1, 1:21 pm, "Guy" <guh...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have the foollowing class:

public class MediVisitInstallConst
{
        public static class Bean
        {
                public static String CONFIG_MI = "beanConfig_MI";
                public static String DB_MI_ID = "beanInfraBD";
                public static String DB_MV_ID = "beanMediVisitBD";
                public static String DICT_MI = "beanDict_MI";
                public static String DICT_MV = "beanDict_MV";
...etc

I invoke it in my code as
   function( arg1, MediVisitInstallConst.CONFIG_MI,...etc);

It works, but I find the static class name rather long, and would to
use a nickname for it;

I try to declare:
   MediVisitInstallConst const;

But when I try to use it:
  function( arg1, const.CONFIG_MI,...etc), the compiler complains:
  "unexpected type: required class, package, fond variable"

The I try to "static" the whole class:
  public static class MediVisitInstallConst
  {
        public static class Bean
        {

The compiler complains: "modifier static not allowed here"

What am I doing wrong?


Why do you have a nested class for constants?

Why not

public class MyConstants {
      public static final String myValue="myValue";
}

public class MyOtherClass {
   public MyOtherClass() {
     System.out.println(MyConstants.myValue);
   }
}
(or)
static import MyConstants.*;
public class MyOtherClass {
   public MyOtherClass() {
     System.out.println(myValue);
   }
}

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